Nintendo to Release New Zelda Game for 3DS

Get ready to get excited, Zelda fans. Nintendo is gearing up to release an all-new Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo 3DS, the game maker announced during a Wednesday morning online presentation.

Get ready to get excited, Zelda fans. Nintendo is gearing up to release an all-new Legend of Zelda game for the Nintendo 3DS, the game maker announced during a Wednesday morning online presentation.

Nintendo developers are currently working on the game (left), set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, which was first released for Super Nintendo in 1992. The game will make use of the handheld's 3D abilities, and "allows Link to become a drawing and move along walls," Nintendo said. It is scheduled to launch this holiday season.

Even better, the new Zelda title is among a massive list of games that will be arriving for the 3DS and Wii U this year. Nintendo also plans to bring back Yoshi and Baby Mario in an all-new installment of the popular Yoshi's Island franchise for 3DS (pictured below).

Nintendo also revealed release dates for some other previously announced 3DS games. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, the handheld version of the Wii hit, will be available on May 24. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, which "challenges Mario to go between the real world and Luigi's dreams to rescue Princess Peach" is headed to stores on Aug. 11.

"Nintendo 3DS and Wii U continue to evolve into some of the best bets in gaming," Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said in a statement. "We've had an incredible 2013 so far with titles such as Fire Emblem Awakening and Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon, and the rest of 2013 and beyond is even better."

On the Wii U front, the old school role-playing game EarthBound, which was first released on Super Nintendo in 1995, is returning to North America after 20 years. Nintendo did not provide a release date, but promised to launch the game on the Wii U Virtual Console "sometime later this year."

Meanwhile, Nintendo plans to release a Wii U system update next week that will add new functions and shorten game loading times. Shortly after that update, the game maker will launch the Virtual Console service and Wii U panorama view.

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